we're live in downtown oakland where protesters go on a rampage smashing windows. we'll tell yu they're angry this time. president obama returns to

the bay area good morning, welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm cane when. dave -- i'm ken wayne. dave clark this off this morning. >> i'm tori campbell. protest, i take out their frustrations on businesses, banks -- protesters take out their frustrations on businesses and banks. tara moriarty is live with more. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. a lot of damage but no arrests. the protest you, the rampage they went on -- the protest, the rampage they went on lass -- lasted for about 30 minutes.

but the damage still lingers. you can see the two huge holes in the window where somebody smashed a vodka bottle in them. last night, demonstrators started to throw paint balls. the group of about 200 people gathered at frank ogawa earlier in the morning to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the war in afghanistan. the group went on a march. two luxury cars that we know of were at least vandalized and their owners say that protesters are taking their frustrations out on the wrong people. >> i don't know why they are doing this. >> they have nothing better to do. >> it makes me very sad. >> reporter: later this morning, we're hoping to learn

how much this will all cost to repair. no arrests have been made. but police have some leads. there could be surveillance video not reviewed yet. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. family and friends will gather for a candlelight vigil for the woman found dead in the back of her car. the family is pleading with the public to help find the 55-year- old mother and grandobama. the car is a sky blue, 2011 subaru outback with idaho license plates. new developments show the threat that chris stevens faced in benghazi. militias keeping order in the city threatened to quit over a

political feud, accord fog a cable sent -- according to a cable stent on september 11th. the bay area will pay tribute to chris stevens next week. next tuesday, more than 700 people are expected to attend a public memorial at san francisco's city hall. and then two days later, the california symphony will day tribute to a concert in walnut creek. president obama will be back in san francisco later today to raise money for his re- election campaign. the president will begin the day in the central valley to dead -- for a -- for a

deadcation. a dinner hosted by alice waters and then a concert with john legend follows. republican presidential momny, mitt romney is expected to deliver a foreign policy speech today at the virginia institute. coming up at 7:15, the changes that he says he would make and the results of the latest gallup pole in gal -- gallup poll. allie rasmus is live -- alley rasmus live at a pumpkin weighoff. off to our left, you can the stage where the pumpkins will be hoisted via forklift. >> reporter: the growers are competing for thousands of

dollars in prizes. last year's pumpkin weighed 17,000 pounds. the grower took home an $11,000 prize. we talked to some of the contestants and they said there's a lot of work that goes into this, including transporting them. growers pack the pumpkins into their pickup trucks and trailers from orie grin and washington. prior to that, they spend the -- oregon and washington. prior to that, they spend the entire summer babying their plants. >> i think a lot of it is luck. we work very hard on the work on our soil. the work on our soil will start tomorrow when we get back for next season. >> reporter: john muller, a local half moon bay farmer, is

hoping his pumpkin is the winner for the prettiest pumpkin. >> pumpkin. >> those colors are really our sports colors. >> reporter: we'll start to see the growers coming in with their pumpkins and then they will use that scale over there. alley ras mu -- allie rasmus,

ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allie. this is the busiest i've ever seen b.a.r.t. >> it's crowded. it's crowded. i've seen it worse. >> some people even opted to get around the city by bike to avoid the congestion. >> grab your bike this morning. sal castanedo, keeping an eye on track for us.

good morning, sal. >> good morning, ken, tori. traffic seems to be doing well. it seems a little bit lighter than normal because of the columbus holiday. you still have slow traffic getting through the 880. in livermore, westbound 580, we have slow traffic coming in through the tracy triangle. it gets better by the time you reach dublin. hayward, some slowing between the a street turnoff heading down to fremont. but it is lighter than usual at the bay bridge toll plaza westbound. there's only a slight delay there. once you get on the city and the bridge, it looks good. >> thank you, sal. under mostly clear skies. a little bit patchy fog north bay. a lot of 30s. i should say some 30s. a lot of 30s. low-pressure system which has been hovering out here for about two weeks is finally on the move. it's going to get a -- to get a

little closer to us. we kind of warmed up a little bit. 76 was very popular number for gilroy, concord. today we'll go 71 napa. 72 concord. from 76 to 73. 36 at clearlake. kenwood 39. yountville, 41. sebastopol, 42. woodside, 44. but i did see a 41 up in the santa cruz mountains. some 40s on the coast, including half moon bay. 47 san rafael. napa, 44. san jose, how about that, at 48 cool degrees. some of that patchy fog, sonoma county airport, napa airport of there's some fog out there. it will burn off cast -- there's our low. if it moves right over us, we

might have a possibility of a few splash and dash showers. as it stands, it looks like it will go south. sunny, breezy. a cooler afternoon. the wind has been up to 20 miles an hour in the delta. 60s and 70s. coast, bay, inland. oakland, 67. 73 pittsburg. 68 in hayward. martinez, 73. sunnyvale, 68. santa cruz, 60 pacifica, daly city, brisbane, redwood city palo alto, and partly sunny, partly cloudy on tuesday. maybe some showers to the south. we clear it out. it looks good. a little warmer. tori and ken? >> thank you, steve. a scientist with a connection to ucsf wins the

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cooler today, and breezy, highs in the 60s and low, low 70s. mott -- republican candidate mitt romney will lay out his foreign policy today virginia. a new political ad calling him reckless also begins airing -- foreign policy today in virginia. a new political ad calling him reckless also begins airing. >> reporter: the ad accuses the republican of insulting lon

don't's handling -- london's handling of the olympic games. >> reckless, irresponsible. that's how they are saying he handled israel, poland and london. >> reporter: one of romney's advisers says his speech in about an hour will be a stark contrast of that ad. reporting in washington, jacqueline fell, ktvu channel 2 news. right now, the vice presidential candidates are preparing for their debate that's happen on thursday in

danville, kentucky. political observers say -- >> i am sure that vice president biden got a phone call from the white house and said, you know, look, we -- you know, we didn't go after governor romney as much and so you have gotta turn up the heat. >> i think both men will be very prepared. >> analysts say there's pressure on ryan to show that he's potential presidential material in his first national debate. early voting begins in california today. if you want to avoid early, head to our county office. most offices will be closed today because of columbus day. ballots will be mailed tomorrow from the post office. hugo chavez has been re- elected after his closest race yet. he won re-election with 54% of the vote. his dhaller -- his challenger

took 45% of the vote. chavez is the longest-serving president in latin-america. the islamry military says that's wear a drone that was unmanned -- the israeli military says a drone that was unmanned was discovered. julie anjulian -- julian assange supporters have until november 6th to pay 150,000 because assange violated his

parole. convicted killer joe ran van der sloot could soon be a father -- joran van der sloot could soon be a father. the newspaper claims the woman became pregnant during an unsupervised visit during the jame. he's also wanted in -- jail. he's also wanted in the disappearance of natalee holloway. california health regulate, say there is a report that does not explore the possibility that the base here may have been dusted or soaked with radioactive sewage. they acknowledge the history was more widespread then it -- than it originally thought. the report is part of a process for the military to turn land over to san francisco for more developments. new this morning, one of the winsers the nobel prize in

medicine announced they have a bay area connection. the two men were awarded the price for stem cell discoveries. the two men will split the $1.2 million prize money. the noble foundation lowered the prize money 20% this year citing the economic turmoil on markets. cooling continues around the bay area today. will it stay that way or get warmer? ktvu meteorologist steve paulson will have a look at your week ahead. boycotting a bay area market. why community groups are calling for shoppers to stay away from one market.

7:21. the political world is

remembering former california lieutenant-governor, mervyn dymally. he served in both houses of the state and spent more than a decade in congress where he was chairman of the congress at black caucus. he passed away over the weekend in los angeles at the age of 86. a coalition of community groups will gather to launch a boycott of pleb low markets. they want them to -- pueblo markets. they want them to stand up for their employees. mi pueblo claims they are undergoing an audit by the homeland security. if a boycott is launched, the audit will have to be suspended according to dhs policy. state regulators are cracking down on two companies that claim to be an alternative

against taxicabs. the commission claims the companies lack the required permits to make sure that drivers are -- are properly licensed for these car services. it is coming up on 7:23. liam m nee -- liam neesan hit the theaters. the see get earned twice as much -- the sequel earned twice as much as the previous one. >> we're already getting the halloween-themed movies in

there? >> uh-huh. >> is that what frankenwienie is? >> yes. good morning, everybody. let's go out and take a look at what we have now. traffic is moving along very nicely. i wanted to show you this first. we did have a backup at the toll plaza. it's disappeared. it's a very nice drive into san francisco route now. i think a lot of people are off for a -- a lot of the government offices are closed for columbus day and interstate 880 also looks pretty good. if you are driving near the coliseum. a little bit of slowing though on southbound 880. it's not all that deep. a very good morning on this monday. cold out there for some. mostly clear. there is a little bit of patchy fog. some -- some of these clouds starting to work their way in.

you can see this to the left of the screen. if this drives over us, we'll cloud up and maybe get a few showers. everything says it will get close to us and get on the coast and -- well, it will head to central and southern california. i think later tonight and tuesday would be the day to get possible showers. there are a few upper 30s near st. helena, calistoga, kenwood. sonoma county airport. increasing clouds, partly cloudy, cooler, start -- cooler starting late tonight. again, it looks like it is heading south. it will be a santa cruz mountains event. mostly sunny, cooler in the afternoon after a cold morning. inland temperatures warmed up a little bit. sunny to partly sunny, later today than partly sunny, partly

cloudy, tuesday, wednesday but it does look quieter. terry, ken? >> thank you, steve. more pain at the pump. just how much gas prices went up overnight and how the governor plans to bring them back down. president obama making another underphasing stop in the bay area later 0en today. how much his supporters will be shelling out to attend this event. and the brink of elimination with the giants and the as. what both of them have to do to stay alive. ♪

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president obama returns to the bay area to attend three fund-raiser events. alex savidge has more. >> reporter: well, several groups including anti-war organizations are planning to hold demonstrations during the president's visit here to san francisco. one of the events the president will be attending is a dinner and concert here at bill graham civic auditorium. it will feature a performance by john legend and alex smith will be onhand here. this will be a $20,000 a plate dinner. mr. obama is swinging through california that could push the presidency up in terms of fund- raiser. he hauled in a record-setting

$181 million. last night he attended a star- stud the event at the nokia theater in l.a. that included a performance by stevie wonder. before coming to the bay area, he will stop in keen, came. that's near bakersfield. that's where he will announce the establishment of a national monument to honor ceaser chavez. once he arrives here, he will hold a rally at the intercontinentallal hotel. and there will be the dinner and concert. when it is said and done, the president is expected to bring in $4 million in campaign cash. back to you. >> thank you. giants and as are on the brink of elimination in the playoffs. both teams are off today. the giants travel to cincinnati

for game three tomorrow. madison bumgardner gave up four runs. the giants have to win three games in a row all in cincinnati in order to advance to the national league championship series. the as need to win three games in a row but those games are all here at home. the as dropped a close one in detroit with the tigers. the as have not announced a starter yet but it is likely to be brett anderson. get ready to pay more when you -- get ready to pay more when you -- if you plan to kill up your car. here's matt keller. >> good morning. i have new numbers for the gas

prices. a reduction in supply pushed rices up to record highs even past hawaii to become the highest in the nation. analysts say a southern california refinery went down last monday reducing already low supplies in the state. governor romney ordered state smog regulators. drivers are, of course, frustrated at the pump. >> i think the prices are ridiculous. people are working. it's too high. way too high. i try not to drive unless i really have. >> reporter: to be cab drivers and pizza delivery drivers, they say not drive something not an option. now, living here in california, you are used to paying more for -- more for california, but this means you are paying $8 -- 84 cents more a gallon compared to the national average. matt keller, ktvu channel 2 news. in overnight news, police are investigating a shooting

that injured one person last night. you can see the bullet holes here. we do not know the victim's condition. so far no arrests have been made. an investigation is underway after a body was found in a car in east weekend at richie and olive streets. police say the body was wrapped in cloth and appeared to have been in that car for a while. investigators have not said if the body was that of a man or a woman. >> we now know the name of a 6- year-old hit and kill cab cash hit and killed in the parking lot. a mainny van lost control and crashed into the little girl, her mother and another mother. the other two victims are still in the hospital. the police say the driver of the minivan was distraught at the scene and was not arrested

or cited. a fatal accident in la fayette knocked out power to hundreds of customers. 651 customers were without power at the height of the outage. folks police say many of the protesters arrested on saturday are suspected in a similar protest in the mission district last month. these are some of the 11 -- some of the 11 men and women police rounded up on california and battery streets. officers say they wore black clothing and masks and tried to conduct a march on market street without a permit. this is video of the police moving into arrest the protesters. they are accused of trying to block the road and damage cabs and businesses. officers hit people with batons. police say the protesters struck first by throwing things at them hitting one officer in the head.

>> protesters, there's definitely intend to -- intent to injure. >> they definitely acted out of line. they were just crazy. >> police say many of these protesters were in the mission district on september 20th. the san francisco board of supervisors will decide tomorrow whether suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi will keep his job. the board is scheduled to vote at 2:00 p.m. nine of the 11 must vote against him. the this -- this all comes as he pleaded guilty to false imprisonment related to an argument in which he grabbed and bruised -- bruised his wife's arm. we want to chick in with sal. see what's hagp longest-serving the roads. it's columbus day but a lot of

people are not on the roads. >> this is the toll plaza. definitely some people taking the day off. no problems getting in the city. if you are driving on the nimitz no problem there. let's go to steve. this system that's been out here for a long, long time,

we'll have mostly cloudy skies. everything. -- with everything said, it will get close and be sun know mostly sunny today and breezy. this low will probably -- this low will probably start to increase. kenwood 39. clearlake, 36. near sonoma outside sonoma. yountville, 41. sewasty bol. i think i saw a 39 near gradenp the russian river. sonoma county airport, 32. napa airport 44. san jose, 478-degree reading. some of that patchy fog, it may reduce visibility for a little while. its far enough north that it will be close. wool see cooling around here.

yes, we'll get some clouds out of it starting late tonight and tomorrow, cooler afternoon. we'll be close from stinson to clearlake. >> partly sunny, partly cloudy. could be a few showers. we'll clear it out, tori, on thursday. a little warmer to the end of the week. a california company is taking a half ton of fresh

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. buying by phone. how much consumers around the world will buy with their phones an tablets. at least what is predicted by 2015. a devastating end to what is supposed to be a special day. the deadly fight that broke out between two wedding parties in philadelphia. dan hurd: when i was a child, california was a leader in education funding.

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live drive-time traffic. we have a problem in san francisco. westbound 80 right at the 101 split. there is an injury accident blocking that fast lane. the fire department is still there along with chp. a couple of cars got into it. they're hooking up vehicles to tow trucks. this could have an affect on the bay bridge. so hearing this you might want to get out here. the bay bridge is light but it could change without one lane blocked on west 80. 7:42. let's go back to the desk. thank you, sal. u.s. stocks are down after the concerns for highlight for corporate profits and slower growth in anshaw -- asia could drag dune the u.s. economy. walmart and american express are teaming up for a

card for shoppers. the blue beard card is designed to be an alternative to checking accounts. walmart says there will be cash cash there will be no -- there will be no monthly minimum fees. general motors is hiring. gm says it will hire as many as 1500 workers to staff a new computer technology center in warren, michigan. the center is one of four gm plants to open in the u.s. the automaker says it could hire as many as 10,000 technology employees in the next three to

five years. there are conflicting reports this morning on a work stoppage at the chinese factory that makes apple's icons. there was disputes between workers group and managers. work did stop on friday and production was paralyzed. both sides agree workers are on the job today. red bull is about to offer something it's never tried before. it will introduce cranberry, lime and blueberry drinks. they will be sold in red, white, and blue cans. the new flavors will be in stores next march. 7:45. the first ever target store in san francisco will soon be open. the grand opening of city target is this sunday october 14th -- october 14th. it will open earlier at 7:00

a.m. that's to give consumers a chance to shop before work. this is our busiest weekend of the year. definitely our season finale, end of the summer. it's a great weekend for every business around here. >> some are going as far as calling this the busiest weekend in san francisco history. the soda industry is trying something new for those of you who would like to count calories. we'll let customers see how many calories in their drinks before they buy them. they will be tested in chicago and san antonio before being

released nationwide. drink companies say they will increase the availability of low-calorie drink options. the usgs says there want as earthquake centered between the baja peninsula and the quake hit around 11:26 our time. there are no reports of damage. an even stronger earthquake hit eastern indonesia this morning t was a 6.3 quake near the maluku islands. panic guests ran out of rooms at one facility but there was no damage. a special day ended in disaster after one man dies of a heart attack after a fight broke out between two separate wedding parties in

philadelphia. police say they tried to stop the fight. one of the uncles of one of the brides suffered a heart attack. three people were taken to the hospital -- were taken into custody and others ended up in hospitals. there are at least 91 confirmed case is of meningitis. >> if you got any kind of sterile injections, epidurals this year, you need to be aware of this. >> the cases have been reported in nine states -- in nine states but not here. at the enof august, funding ran out to pay for the firefighters, fire trucks an aircraft. so the department of

agriculture which run us the forest service borrowed money from other forest programs. congress only provided about half of the $1 billion it actually cost to fight this year's forist fires. ongoing pg&e pipeline hearings could soon be suspend. what a judge may decide. did lance armstrong use illegal drugs. the answer, some say, is in the blood. are you ready ?

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the border patrol union says agent nicholas ivie apparently opened fire on two of his colleague, thinking they were armed smugglers. ivi. he was killed when the other agents returned fire. agents were checking on a sensor that had gone off. the shooting happened in a hilly area known for illegal traffic. attorneys in jerry sandusky's sexual abuse case will meet for the -- will meet with the judge today, one day before he's sentenced. san sungdy is expected to speak in his own defense at the hearing. his attorney says he do the -- says he does not want to -- plan to apologize and will

maintain his innocent -- innocence. new details against lance armstrong. experts say his blood data show signs of banned behavior. a scientist specializing in this said san from the tour de france in 2009 suggest that armstrong used banned behavior and armstrong maintains his innocence. a judge will soon decide whether to postpone pg&e pipeline hearings. jerry hill of the peninsula says he will ask the judge it reject that request. 7:15. let's check in with sal for an update on the accident. westbound 80. west 80 in san francisco right at the 101 split. we have a picture of the

accident. a live video of the accident t looks like chp is trying to hold traffic up to get these-- accident. it looks like the chp is trying to hold traffic up. this is affecting traffic -- look at that line of slow traffic. if you are getting on the freeway, don't get on at 4th street you will just be in the middle of that. get down to 6th street and use 280 anthat -- and that will get you by the slow traffic. it's not moving very well as you can see from this picture. it's terrible. let's. let's go to the bay bridge. the bay bridge is so light, this has not been affected. the metering lights have been turned off. this could start to affect the bridge. we're looking at the nimitz freeway between hayward and fremont. we do have slow traffic as you drive. as we look at san jose, san jose still has slow traffic on

101 near 880 and on 280 some slow traffic there. 7:54. let's go to steve. >> mostly clear. a little bit of patchy fog, especially near the coast. overall, mostly clear and cold. had a few 30s, a lot of 40s and even in the mountains. truckee at 25. tahoe, 28. our low is finally on its way. 42 sonoma county airport. napa and san jose at 48 degrees with 50. but i did see 46. north bay, a little bit of fog. it's not widespread. there's our low. it's inching towards us. but it looks like it wants to go down the coast more than right over us. the track seems to be one towards monterey. we'll keep an eye on things.

but if anything develops. it will be light. but a cooler afternoon after a cold morning. some patchy low clouds. sunny, breezy, 60s and 70s. temperature also come down about 3 to 5 degrees from are sunday's little warmup. partly sunny, partly cloudy. we'll carry that into wednesday. a little warmer 0en -- a little warmer on thursday/friday. back to you. >> thank you. a rare homicide in hercules. what the victim's family is doing now to try to catch a killer. we're live in oakland where protesters take to the streets downtown. we'll tell you the destruction they left in their wake and the reason behind it. the bigger, the better. where some giant pumpkins are tipping the scales in the bay area. the new color changing candle from air wick, brings light and fragrance together, to create a mesmerizing experience in your home.

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good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2". i'm tori campbell. >> i'm ken wayne. dave clark is off. there is a big mess being cleaned up in oak. protesters damaged banks, offices, even oakland city

hall. that's where tara moriarty is cover egg the effort to try -- covering the effort to try to repair some of thosege dad buildings -- those damaged buildings. >> reporter: police were not able to catch anyone but you can see the damage is still lingering. these windows shattered out. around 7:15, demonstrators started to throw paint balls and smash windows, not only at the city hall, but the tribune office, the berkeley city lab office and three banks. the group of 200 people had gathered at frank ogawa earlier in the evening and they timed the rally to coincide with the anniversary of the previous violence. >> just because you have a nice

car -- >> we -- >> we work hard for our money. >> we live in oakland and to see our hometown come to shambles like this. >> yeah. >> reporter: it remains to be seen how long how much it will -- it remains to be seen how much it will take to clean up all of this crash. a viewer posted a pictures of the crash on our facebook page. the crash caused an explosion. the good news is no one was hurt. >> it is 8:00. through a new website, the family of a murdered hercules woman is pleading for anyone to call police immediately if they

spotted the car, the sky blue, 2011, subaru outback with idaho license plates. a $$vickil will -- a candlelight vigil will be held tonight in their neighborhood. there is a new development in the death of chris receivens of the the daily beast obtained a cable approved by stevens on september 11th. it talked about the danger and instability in eastern libya. it did not, cough, ask the government for security upgrades. stevens was kill aid long with three other -- along with three other americans. the bay area will pay tribute to chris receivens next week. on tuesday more than 700 people are expected to attend a public memorial at san francisco city hall. two days later, the california symphony will pay tribute with a concert in walnut creek. stevens' stepbrother is the guest conductor. he says he's updated the program that will feature work

that will honor his dedication to peace, understanding and progress. president obama will be back in san francisco later today to raise money for his re- election campaign. the president will begin today in the central valley. he will arrive in the bay area for three fund-raisers. the first e-- the first event, a small event at the inter continental -- intercontinental hotel. and mitt romney is scheduled to deliver a foreign policy speech today. coming up at 8:15, the changes he says he would make in u.s. middle east policy and the results of the latest gallup poll in the presidential race. gigantic goods are taking center -- gigantic gourds are

taking center today at the pumpkin weigh-off. where we're hearing a world record could be set today. >> reporter: good morning. they are in the process of weighing the pumpkins rue now. this pumpkin clocked in at 695 pounds. they started with -- right now. this pumpkin clocked in at 695 pounds. they start with the smallest pumpkins right now. camly ron, you are tell -- cameron, you are telling us you need -- >> if we break the record, the winning grower gets $5,000. >> reporter: the word record-

breaking pumpkin weighed in this massachusetts for 2,000 pounds. so if there is a pumpkin heavier than that here, they will walk away with $25,000? >> yes. we're gonna be showing all of these pumpkins off at the festival. great time, great enjoyment for the entire program. i hope the people come down here. we have the great pumpkin parade on saturday. we have hall of famer steve young is gonna be our grand marshal. >> do you think someone will reach the 2,000 mark? we have video to show you. some of those pumpkins look pretty big. >> i think we stand a great chance. you never know how much a pump skin gonna weigh until you get it on the scale and we are -- and we're coming up with -- and we're coming up with bigger numbers than we ever have

before. >> reporter: the weigh lasts until 11:00 to 11:0 and the biggest pumpkins will be in the 1500 to 1600-pound range. as you heard, cameron mention, if someone reaches the 2,000- pound mark, they will get 25,000. a lot of money at stake here. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. let's check in with sal castanedo. how does traffic look? >> it looks okay in san francisco. there is a crash in san francisco. it's taken them a little while to get it out here -- to get it out of there. as we pull back, you can see traffic is a mess on the skyway and now on the second half of

the bay bridge getting off near treasure island. the traffic is very slow actually on the bridge. people are wondering what's going on in the city. the best way to get around this is to get on the freeway around this. if you rumming down the south of market, use 6th street and then get on 101 heading south or stay on 280 if you want and you will bypass all of this mess. the bay bridge has been light at the toll plaza. now, numbers that crash stays there for much longer, i think it will stay this way. the metering lights will stay off. in san jose, northbound 101, traffic prepretty busy -- pretty busy, northbound 2 0 getting up to highway 17. northbound 85 is busy. a little bit of fog near the coast.

also the north bay, we should start warming up now. our area of low pressure which is giving us a cooldown today is finally on its way. it will get very close to us. everything points towards that direction. a little bit of a warmup on -- warmup on sunday. i went with the 76 group. napa, concord, all had a high temperature of 76. concord, 72 livermore and 73 in gilroy. a little cooldown. and a very cool morning. kenwood outside sonoma, 39. woodside, 44. some low 40s also in the santa cruz mountains. santa rosa was 42. now 44. 47 san rafael.

tomorrow will be the key, probably around santa cruz, santa cruz mountains, santa cruz coast, monterey south that would be the best opportunity for tuesday and wednesday. a little wraparound effect. still waiting for that first cold front from the north. there's no sign of it through about the 23rd, 24th of october. this is just a week little low coming in. 60s and 70s on the temperatures. it looks like we'll stay there. it looks like we'll continue to cool down through about wednesday. upper 60s for many. it does look warmer. thursday into friday. it looks warmer. temperatures 70s to fire 80s. 8:08 now. the streets of san francisco should start to look normal again after a very busy weekend in the city. despite having more than a

million visitors for several events. things went smoothly. other events this weekend, included the castro street -- castro street fair, the 49er game and the giants' game. you could tell it was busy by look the at all of the traffic -- looking at all of the traffic on the streets. b.a.r.t. broke its ridership record on saturday with more than 319,000 passengers. on monday -- on muni, it was standing room only, but passengers say despite the passenger conditions they did need to get to where they needed to go. >> super packed, super packed. >> it's crowded. it's crowded. i've seen it worse. >> some people opted to get around the city by bicycle to avoid all. congestion. this year's first nobel prizes were given -- all of the

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dan hurd: i'm ashamed of that, and i don't want this to continue for my daughter. brenda kealing: prop 38 is going to bring a lot of money to our schools. suzan solomon: the money stays at the school site. cade derry: what i would really like to see is that the teachers... that were laid off come back to the school. navaz hurd: a smaller class size. navaz hurd: as a mom i want that. as a teacher i want that. prop 38 is an opportunity of a generation. 8:12. republican presidential candidate mitt romney will lay out his foreign policy today in a speech to a group in

virginia. as ktvu's jacqueline fell explains a new political ad calling him reckless also begins airing. >> reporter: good morning. president obama's team releasing the ad calling mitt romney unfit for leadership. experts show he will focus on the obama administration's handling of the deadly attack in labia. romney headed overseas this summer with a few missteps in the obama campaign seized on those mistakes. >> reckless, immaturish that's what they called his tour to israel, po -- israel, poland and israel. >> reporter: now, new polls show that mitt romney received

a boost from the debate, essentially leaving this race in a tie. the vice president candidates are getting ready for their debates. democrats are hoping that joe biden does better against paul ryan than president obama did with mitt romney last week. >> i think paul ryan is gonna did a great job. i think that joe biden is a very good key baiter. >> analysts say that there's pressure on ryan to show he's potential protesters presidential material in his first debate. >> early voting begins today. if you want to vote today, head

to the offices today but most of them are closed because of columbus day. ven sway sway lan president -- inventoryian venezuelan presidential hugo chavez ran the presidency again. he's the longest-running president in latin-america. fighting continues between syria and turkey. turkish troops have retaliated. the countries have been fighting for six days and five people have died. military experts in israel are working around the clock to examine the remains of a mysterious drone shot down over the weekend. >> the military says it was discovered flying over the

northern desert. they believe the unmanned drone may have originated from will be bau done -- lebanon. nine supporters of wikileaks found -- nine supporters of wikileaks' founder assange have until november 6 together pay $150,000 because assange violated his probation. convicted killer joran van der sloot could soon be a father. a dutch newspaper says van der sloot got a lima woman pregnant while in prison. he's serving a 28-year sentence for the murder of a peruvian woman. the newspaper claims the woman became pregnant during an up supervised visit at the jail. he's also wanted in connection

with the disappearance of natalee holloway who went missing in july. a new report is calling the report on treasure island inadequate because it does not consider the possibility of radioactive material on that base. the report is part of a process for the military to turn land over to the city of san francisco for new developments. one of the winners of the nobel prize in medicine announced this morning has a bay area connection. the two men were awarded the prize for stem cell discoveries. the two men will split the $1.2 million prize money.

the foundation lowered the price 20% this year citing the economical turmoil. will the cool weather stick around this week? steve paulson will have your forecast -- next.

the political world is remembering melyy -- melvyn dymally today. he pass aid way over the weekend in los angeles. he was 86. mi pueblo markets can expect a boycott coming their way. a group plans to launch the dispute in thorning m -- dispute this morning in san

jose. state regulators are cracking down on two companies that claim to be a high-tech alternative to taxis. the california public utilities commission issued an order against side car and lifts. the commission claims the companies lack the required permits to make sure drivers are properly licensed, screened and ensured to carry passengers. the commission now has the right to impound cars and impose fines up to $5,000 a day or jail time. "taken 2," a retired cia agent takes on a group of thugs seeking revenge on his and his family. all right. let's check in with sal and see what's happening on the roads. is traffic still pretty heavy

in san francisco? >> it is. heavy in san francisco. they klinely cleared that accident. west 80 at 101. but the traffic is slow here. look at northbound 101, we have slow traffic there as well. and then west 80 is slow at the 101 interchange. even though it is columbus day, we still have a lot of slow traffic getting into the city. one thing i will tell you, we do have a good-looking bay bridge for the most part coming into san francisco. there's not a big delay at the toll plaza. definitely holiday light. this is a look at san jose where we have the slowest traffic getting into sunnyvale. 85 has improved quite a bit. as we tilt up, we want to see livermore traffic has also improved. 508 to 238. 8:23. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. a very good morning. cold inland and also on the coast where there's low to mid-

40s. mostly sunny. the area of low pressure is finally making a move. it's been sitting out in the pacific for two and a half weeks. it's on its way. we'll get some clouds out of it. 40s and firsts -- 50s. as the low moves closer to us, it will go parallel to the coast. maybe a few light showers would pop up around monterey. but that would be tuesday into wednesday and probably from about santa barbara to l.a., san diego. but we'll mention it for tomorrow. fog, sun i, breezy. temperatures will stay right here through about midweek. a little rebound as that will goes further south. bay area man was among three

people who drowned in butte county. kenneth cooper of fairfield was swept downstream after the sand bar he was standing on gave way. also on saturday, a 52-year-old and his child drowned in a pond outside of bigs. the -- biggs -- biggs. there's. there's new information coming in about the bored he patrol agent, nicholas ivie. he apparently opened up fire on two of his co workers because he thought they were smugglessers. agents were in the area checking on a -- smugglers. agents were in the area checking on a sensor that went off. new delays on the doping allegation against lance

armstrong. parts say his behavior shows signs of drug doping. samples suggest that he used banned doping methods. those include taking blood out months before a race and reinjecting it to increase oxygen. armstrong maintains his innocence. their backs with against the wall. what happened to the giants and the as in game two and what they have to do to extend their seasons. and president obama coming to tan today to raise money for his re-election campaign. how much he's expected to bring in. gas priceses broke another -- gas prices broke another -- gas broke another record overnight. -- gas prices broke another record overnight.

president obama comes back to the bay area to tap into the so-called california atm for political fund-raising. alex savidge is outside of the bill graham. president obama attended a star- studded event that crudded --

that included a performance by stevie wonder. this could push -- president obama has brought in a record- setting $18 -- $181 million. president obama will announce the establishment of a national monument to honor cesar chavez. shortly after he arrives intown, the -- in town, he will be holding a fund-raiser here at the intercontinental hotel and then following that, around 5:00, will be the dinner at the bill graham auder toial. this is expected to to bring in about $4 million while he's in town. alex savidge. happening right now, republican presidential nominee mitt romney -- is just about to deliver a foreign policy speech.

you are looking at a live picture from lexington, virginia. that's the governor of virginia speaking right now. get rae yesterday -- get ready pay even more if you plan to fill up your car. the prices at the pump went up again overnight. but some relief may be underway. matt keller is in our newsroom with more on how top political leaders are stepping in to help. >> reporter: dianne feinstein has called for a federal investigation into the gas prices here in california because she doesn't think that the prices are related to spry and diamond. this is the second time in the

last few months, senator feinstein has sent a letter to the federal trade commission asking for an immediate probe. governor proun is starting to increase the supply, he ordered winter blend gasoline to be sold earlier than usual. that typically doesn't happen until after halloween. taxicab drivers are getting hit hard. >> the cost, it's to the -- the charge it's to the driver. the price of the fare, still the same. really, i'm taking the hit. >> reporter: the senior petroleum analysts, gasbuddy.com-- made these calculations.

8:32. the san francisco bord of supervisors will decide -- board of supervisors will decide tomorrow whether suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi will keep his job. the board is scheduled to vote tomorrow. this all comes after mirkarimi pleaded guilty related to an argument in which he grabbed and bruised his wife's army. the giants and as both have today off but they are both on the bridge of elimination. the giants traveled to cincinnati for game 3 tomorrow. the oakland as need to win three games in a row.

but those games will be at home. the as dropped a close one in detroit with the tigers winning 5-4 on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 9th. game 3 is 6:00 p.m. the as have not announced a stater but it is likely to be brett anderson. police released the mugshots of 20 protesters at the corner of battery and california streets. many of the suspects arrested on saturday trashed the mission district. officers say in both cases, protesters were wearing black clothing and masks and had the gall to damage some buildings. this is video of police moving in to make the arrests. protesters are accused of trying to block the road and damage cars and businesses. people who support the cause

say the cops should not have been so violent during the arrests. >> it's definitely reasonable force. officers were confronted with projectile. police added one officer was hurt when he was hit in the head. investigators believe many of these protesters damaged businesses and the police station in a similar protest in the mission district last month. 8:34. in overnight news, oakland police are investigating a shooting that injured one person. police say there was a vehicle riddled with bullet holes. we don't know the condition of the victim. no arrests have been made. a body was found in a car on richie in arroyo park. police say the body was wrapped

in clock and appeared to have been -- in cloth and appeared to have been there for a while. we knew the name of a 6- year-old girl hit and killed in a church parking lot in daly city over the weekend. the girl has been identified as daniel navall. the vehicle crashed into her and her mother and her grandmother. plus say the driver of the minivan was distraught at the scene and was not arrested off cited. police say a 28-year-old man was killed yesterday afternoon after his car struck a tree and a power pole on pleasant hill road. 651 customers were without power at the height of the young. i want to check in with sal. how are things looking at the toll plaza. it's been light ever since about 7:0 in the morning. we're gonna -- we're gonna

double check. westbound coming into san francisco. some people have the day off. also, the morning commute is gonna be but if i livermore valley on 580. castro valley on the 238. 880 is just moderately heavy between hayward and fremont, including union city. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. a very good morning. mostly clear, a little chilly out there. in fact, darned cold for some. 30s, a couple of 30s. 25 in truckee. a lot of low 40s around here. a few high clouds. a little bit of patchy fog but overall clear is a system that will play under our weather. more of a cooldown playing into our weather today napa,

concord, livermore, gilroy, all 76. not today. we'll go 72, 72, 72 degrees -- 74. sonoma county airport. but they did make it to 42. i did see a couple of upper 30s. our low has been spinning out here for i think two and a half weeks. it needs something to bump it along. that's it. we call it a kicker. it's on its way. very, very week. but still, it would give as you lot of cloud cover and a few light showers if it came other user -- came over us. wednesday we could could get some coming in from the sierra. really i, i think it's more of a cooldown. temperatures today and tomorrow. 50s, 60s or very, very low 70s, some patchy fog.

sunny, breezy and after a very cool morning. crockett and napa, st. helena. california company is taking a half ton of fresh supplies to the international space station. and lift-off, lift-of the space x falcon 9 rocket.

>> the space x launched this rocket last night. nasa is contracted for a total of 12 deliveries. not only will it take food, clothing and experiments. it will also bring back tons of trash and equipment. the world's largest hot air balloon festival is underway in new mexico. nearly 500 balloons launched. bad weather pushed back the start of the event which was scheduled to begin on saturday.

the visitors say they forgot all about the clouds when they saw the colorful designs of the clouds rising up into the sky. a beautiful sight. >> looks nice. a special day was not supposed to end like this. [screaming] >> this fight that -- that broke out between two wedding parties. >> reporter: the half moon bay pumpkin weigh-off is underway. ? oñ

u.s. stocks are down after asia's economy will not grow as ect -- as expected this year. right now, the dow is currently down 46. the nasdaq is down 27. and the s&p is down 7. let's get you updated on some of the top stories we're following right now. protesters damaged buildings in downtown oakland last my. they smashed windows at city hall and several buildings

along the street. president obama returns to san francisco today to attend fund-raisers for his re- election campaign. the president will appear at a small event at the intercontinental hotel this afternoon and a dinner and concert at the bill graham auditorium. there will be a lot of traffic around the events being affected by all of that. here sa live picture -- a live picture from lexington, virginia where vice presidential candidate paul ryan is giving his view on world affairs including the recent attack on the u.s. consulate that killed chris stevens. romney said the risk of conflict is higher now than when -- higher now than when president obama took office. early voting continues. the bigger the better,

allie rasmus is live in half moon bay. the hope is one of these pumpkins will set a world record and a lot of money at stake. allie? >> reporter: a lot of money. the way it's been going on for the past couple of hours. right now we're kind of in between pumpkins. the mc is kind of entertaining the crowd. they've been telling jokes. the crowd has grown quite a bit since we got here at 3:00 in the morning. 100 to 200 people out here. all watching this pumpkin weigh- off. they started off with the smallest pumpkins at 7:00. the biggest one so far, weighed about 1185 pounds. but there's an even larger one in the street right behind the stage. let's show you the video of that. these are in the 1500 to 1600- pound range. >> the way it works. the first prize winner gets $6

-- for every pound it weighs and then there are second-place prizes. now, getting the pumpkins here is part of the challenge. one grower from napa discovered when he drove here there was a crack in his giant pumpkin. it's fortunately not large enough for him to be disfallsh -- for him to be disqualified. >> i love gardening. it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: now, most of the pump dins are about 90 -- pumpkins are about 90 to 100 days old. back out here drive -- live, the weigh-off continues. so this year organizers are also looking for that record- breaking pumpkin. if one of the brokers -- growers has a pumpkin that

weighs the most, that grower walks around with -- walks away with $25,000. so we'll just have to wait to see if the record is broke. a dozen major events were happening in the city over the weekend. hotels were booked full. petty cabdrivers -- pedicab drivers did a lot of business. >> it's a weekend for every business around here.

general motors is hiring. gm says it will hire as many as 1500 workers to staff a new computer technology setter -- center in warren, michigan. the center is one of four gm plans to open in the u.s. the automaker says it could hire as many as 10,000 technology employees in the next three to five years. our conflicting reports this morning on a work stoppage at the chinese factory that makes apple's iphones. foxcon says there was no widespread work shortage t did admit there were two disputes between workers and managers. but they say work did stop on friday and production was paralyzed. both sides agreed that workers are on the job today. walmart and american express are teaming up for a card for shoppers they call the blue beard. the two companies announced the prepaid card will be available

next week. blue bird is designed as an alternative to debit cards. there won't be an annual overdraft fee or require a minimal balance. toyota took the unusual step of going on cable tv to drum up interest in its hybrid cars. the japanese automaker used hsn, formerly the home shopping network, to explain its lineup and encouraged viewers to call for information. toyota could not sell cars during the show because of state franchise dealer laws. but they received more interest in the first hour than they had

expected for the entire day. the soda industry is trying something new for those of you who like to count callies. they are rolling out -- calories. they are rolling out vending machines that would allow you to see how many calories are in a sedid you -- are in a soda before you purchase it. red bull is about to offer something it has never tried before. cranberry, lime and blueberry drinks will be sold in red, white and blue cans under the red bull editions label. the new flavors will be in stores next march. a nationwide fungal meningitis is growing. the outbreak has been linked to a steroid used to treat back

pain. it was produced by a -- it was produced by a specialty pharmacy. health officials say thousands of people could have received the injections. >> if you got any kind of sterile injections between july of this year and september 28th you need to be aware of this. >> the cases have been reported in nine states -- nine states but so far not here in california. a special day ended in disaster of a -- after a man died of a heart attack after a huge fight broke out in two separate wedding parties in california. it was a kay thetic -- it was a chaotic scene in the hotel lobby. a 57-year-old man reportedly the uncle of one of the brides

suffered a heart attack and it's unclear how this started. jerry sandusky expected to learn his fate. what he's expected to -- to say behind the hearing. sal will have a look at the morning commute including latest on what's happening on the 101 in san francisco.

a petaluma man is in jail for allegedly driving drunk with a 6-year-old car in his car. police pulled the man over on

east washington and gray streets yesterday afternoon. police did a field sobriety test and arrested him for several offenses a parent picked up the child. the child was not hurt. police say the man has a history of drunk driving. attorneys in the jerry sandusky case one day before he's sentenced. he faces life in prison after being found guilty on 45 points of -- on 45 counts of child abuse. he's expected to speak in his own defense at the attorney. his attorney says he does not plan to apologize hans will maintain his inknow sense. due to one of the worst wildfire seasons on record, the uggs national forest service has run out of -- the u.s. national forest service has run out of funds. congress only provided about

half of the $1 billion it cost to fight this year's fires. a judge will decide whether to postpone pg&e's pipeline hearings. on friday, the california public utilities commission decided to postpone the hearings. with the president coming into town later today, sal, the traffic will be hectic today. >> it sure will. i'm not sure why this is busy. there was an accident wend 880. but -- westbound 880. the morning commute, the bay bridge toll plaza has been light. the other side of treasure island gets slow. let's go to steve. mostly sunny, a little cooler

today. 60s and 70s. some patchy he, low clouds around -- some patchy low clouds around. and then it will warm up. ken ander tofully. >> thank you -- and tori. >> thank you. be sure to join us for more on the anti-war protests. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. thank you for joining us. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry

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